How Many People Have the Last Name Cotton?
people had the surname Cotton in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 8,842 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+1,615 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Cotton (51.4%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 42.3%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Cotton ranks #775. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 53.6% to 51.4%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Cotton grew from 31,759 people in 2000 to 33,374 in 2010 (up 5.1%), and its rank fell from #1,006 to #1,044. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 11.77 to 11.31 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 31,759 | 33,374 |
| Rank | #1,006 | #1,044 |
| Per 100,000 people | 11.77 | 11.31 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Cotton
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Cotton: C350
👤 Cotton as a First Name
Cotton is a first name too: about 493 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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